WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is trying to boost the chances of gun legislation that could be in jeopardy this week with a trip to the home state of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Obama is visiting the Connecticut capital of Hartford, where last week the governor signed…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Just over three months after the school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut lawmakers have approved sweeping new limits. One provision calls for the creation of the nation’s first dangerous weapon offender registry. The bipartisan legislation cleared Connecticut…

Connecticut State Representative Tim Larson has proposed that the state change the date of Halloween so it always falls on a weekend. Much like the federal government’s determination that Thanksgiving should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, Rep. Larson, a Democrat, bel…